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The boat is a 1951 Mills. My dad bought it new from Clark Mills in Clearwater and had its MDS filed w/ SCIRA in February of 1951. He sailed it extensively and did quite well while sailing out of Wichita, KS. He sailed primarily w/ Frank Johnson in those days as they both worked at Beechcraft. In the late 50's…
Heaven and paradise were two words we used frequently on the boat as we absorbed the spectacular venue and top-level competition. After years of dreaming, I’ve finally sailed the Piada.
Talamone, July 4, 2012. [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/kaa83AfxmFA” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ] Gabriel Borges…
Talamone, July 5, 2012. Augie Diaz & Kathleen Tocke sailing in Talamone (Snipe Bay). [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/aGQdjWxGbNc” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Talamone, July 4th, 2012. [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/X5HNlkNPUxw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Video by Daniel de Seixas Claro. [iframe width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/BqYnX2TvdL4″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]…
Past Commodore Enrique Motta comments the new Mainsail Batten Proposal. (About this topic: New Mainsail Batten Proposal by Steve Stewart, Full Top Batten by Giorgio Brezich,…
As many of you are aware, last year the Board of Governors passed a change to the rules to allow a “full batten” on the main and to lengthen the…
by Pietro Fantoni My grandfather, who was a fighter pilot (back when the planes had a propeller and the pilots were like romantic knights with leather helmet and goggles, about…
By Don Bedford, SCIRA Commodore. Summer is just getting started here in North America. Longer and warmer days mean more time outside with friends and family. While I do find…
The Snipe Board of Governors has voted to amend the Deed of Gift for the Id Crook Memorial World Masters Championship. The minimum age has changed and an…
Pablo Defazio and Mariana Foglia and Paulita. … Download the article…
Anna Tunnicliffe: “…Molly and I race Snipes together to keep in touch with fleet racing. We race against some genuinely nice people in that class.” Read…
Nicola Gerin about the amended Junior Worlds Deed of Gift. During the last Junior Worlds in Denmark only two boats were allowed per nation, with the right for the host…
The SCIRA Official Rules Interpretations page has been updated with the most recent post regarding the approved method to measure the rudder width. All the Rules interpretations in force are…